7:41 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Nick Saban led dozens of his football players and other athletes on a march to protest social injustice and recent incidents of police brutality against Black men and women. The group marched the short distance Monday on the school’s campus from the Mal M. Moore
10:00 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Coco Gauff did everything she could. After losing the first set and trailing 4-2 in the second to Anastasija Sevastova, the 16-year-old fought back to force a decider in her first-round match at the 2020 US Open. She staved off three match points in the final game at Louis Armstrong
10:12 PM ET The 2021 MLB draft will move from June to July 11-13 and will be held in Atlanta as part of the All-Star Game festivities, according to a memo obtained by ESPN that MLB sent to clubs Monday about changes to the draft. The draft has been held in early to mid-June for
8:36 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs moved to secure their coaching and front-office futures by agreeing to terms of contract extensions through 2025 with coach Andy Reid and general manager Brett Veach, sources confirmed Monday to ESPN. News of the pending extensions was first reported by NFL Network. Reid and Veach joined the Chiefs
9:19 PM ET Associated Press The Zozo Championship is moving from Japan to California this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the anchor of a West Coast swing in the fall portion of the PGA Tour schedule that is certain to attract strong fields. The $8 million tournament will be played Oct. 22-25
9:41 PM ET It’s been only two weeks since Jon Jones willingly vacated the UFC’s 205-pound championship, but he’s already eyeing several potential fights at heavyweight. Jones (26-1) took to social media on Monday to express interest in a fight against either current heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic or former champion and professional wrestling star Brock
5:21 PM ET Steve KimESPN The WBO has ordered Jose Ramirez, just days removed from a title defense over Viktor Postol this past weekend, to begin negotiations with mandatory challenger Jack Catterall. Gustavo Olivieri, the in-house counsel for the WBO, confirmed to ESPN that both parties have 20 days to reach an agreement before the
5:31 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The 2020 MLB trade deadline, the strangest deadline in Major League Baseball history, has passed. The San Diego Padres stole the headlines by dealing for Mike Clevinger on a deadline day that lagged behind other recent ones in overall volume of moves. But that doesn’t mean the trades that went
5:14 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have re-signed center Joel Kellman to a two-year contract. General manager Doug Wilson said Monday that Kellman took a “big step” in his development last season and has proved himself as an NHL player. The 26-year-old had three goals and four assists
5:37 PM ET Big Ten presidents and chancellors voted 11-3 to postpone the fall football season, the league confirmed Monday in a brief and two affidavits filed in response to a lawsuit from eight Nebraska players. The Big Ten’s brief targets “three incorrect and unsupportable assertions” in the players’ lawsuit, which focused on the vote
7:00 AM ET The conference semifinals are underway — in the East, at least. While the West waits on the results of two first-round series, the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat tip off their second-round series on Monday night, and the Boston Celtics already took Game 1 from the defending champion Toronto Raptors. Who will
10:44 AM ET The problem with analyzing the future of Lionel Messi is that, after 20 years, his relationship with Barcelona lies somewhere between the professional and the romantic. You can use reason and logic on the first part to come up with plausible scenarios. You can’t account for the second, partly because it’s intensely
2:44 PM ET Dallas Stars interim coach Rick Bowness has his team one victory from the Western Conference finals, holding a 3-1 series lead over the Colorado Avalanche heading into Monday’s Game 5. But he’s not prepared to discuss whether this run has changed his status for next season. Speaking about his future for the
1:39 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — D. Wayne Lukas, a four-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer, is back at his Churchill Downs barn after recovering from COVID-19. Lukas, who turns 85 on Wednesday, said he got “really sick.” “I couldn’t get any air and I felt like I was drifting away,” he said. “You just
2:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova advanced in straight sets Monday at the US Open. Pliskova surged ahead of Anhelina Kalinina 4-1 in the opening set, lost three games in a row, then took the last eight for a 6-4, 6-0 victory. Pliskova had a 26-7 edge in winners. She is ranked
The Mumbai Indians shared a video of Rohit Sharma practicing in the nets.© Twitter Any athlete needs constant practice to stay at their best, and as Indian players returned to training in the UAE ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, it would be understandable if some of them looked a little out of
World champion Annemiek van Vleuten will join Movistar on a two-year deal from next season. The Dutch rider, 37, is leaving Mitchelton-Scott after five successful years at the Australian team. Following back-to-back world time trial titles, Van Vleuten won the world road race in Yorkshire last year after a stunning 105km solo attack. “I’m not
Virat Kohli returned to the training ground after a long lay-off due to coronavirus pandemic.© Instagram Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises, barring Chennai Super Kings, have started their preparation for the this year’s edition of the much-awaited tournament in the UAE. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli said he was first of all happy